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Originally Posted by mact
An important note for those doing this repair themselves and even techs at dealerships....
I had to take mine out a 2nd time to re-seal it. Liquid silicone requires the surface areas to be clean and free of oil for as long as the silicone cures. The problem with re-sealing is that shortly after you clean the area, it gets contaminated with oil again after about an hour. This happened to me because I did a series of cleaning/degreasing and waiting 3-4 times and every time after I clean the surface of oil, more oil would somehow return, which I believe lead to the failure of my first attempt. My solution was to put the rear of car on jack stands so that oil would have no chance of returning to the opening. I am hoping I have sealed it finally for good.
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Good idea. You deserve a cookie. I'll be doing my 3rd attempt this week. More oil smell than ever. UGHHHHH